AN ETRUSCAN AMBER PENDANT

For similar amber pendants cf. D Strong, Catalogue of the Carved Amber in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1966, p. 78, no. 69, pl. 28.

Amber was imported by the Etruscans as a precious material, valued for its beauty and rarity. It was considered to have magical and amuletic properties.